Finance in Castile (1469)

Question 1

Why were funds low for the crown?

Answer 1

• Expenditure was rising
• Nobles collected the tax and took some of it for themselves
• Even in government tax officials there was corruption
• Nobility and clergy were exempt from tax

Question 2

List the five ways that tried to raise funds?

Answer 2

1. Alcabala
2. Custom duties
3. Tithes
4. Parliamentary subsidies
5. Taxes on sheep and salt